Two Armenian children will be deported from the Netherlands later this week, Dutch officials said.

Howick, 13, and his sister Lili, 12, will be sent to join their mother in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, before September 8, Al Jazeera reported.

Earlier, the court ruled the Justice Ministry may not grant a residence permit for Howick and Lily, whose mother was deported from the country last August. In a letter to Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad, the children's mother said they were currently “in hiding” and in “a safe place”. However, they came out of their hiding in several days.

The children only have the right to asylum in the Netherlands if they fear they will be persecuted or endangered by the Armenian authorities and there is no question of this, the court ruled. In addition, help is available for the children when they return if their mother is unable to care for them, as has been claimed. ‘The children will not end up on the streets’, the court said.

Last yer it was decided to deport Armina Hambartsjumian—the mother of Lily, 11, and Howick, 12—to Armenia from the migrant center, where they lived. The children were not at home when their mother was picked up and their whereabouts are unknown. She has also refused to say where they are. Armina was deported in August last year. Her children were found a week later.